Written by Vijay Tendulkar

The strength of a woman's resolution has been a subject of Theater since the inception of the written word. Vijay Tendulkar, a prolific and renowned playwright of vernacular Indian theater, writing in the language Marathi has left an everlasting impact on the country's rich theater tradition. To draw a corollary to western literature in the context of the play under discussion, Henrik Ibsen had Dora in the Doll House and Vijay Tendulkar has Benare in Silence the Court is in Session, albeit with a twist.
The protaganist for this play, Leela Benare, is another character in Tendulkar's stream of consciousness that revolves around strong women and extenuating circumstances. Through the various characters, who we will try to transpose on to the stage, the viewer meanders through the egos, the aspirations, the inadequacies and the triumphs of societal relationships. It's a journey that goes from a gregarious romp to an explosive cynosure.

Performed Jan 28, 29, 30 and Feb 4, 2005 at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy Annex

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Director	Praveen Vaidyanathan
Assistant Director	Nishant Sinha
Production	Parag Banerjee
Production Support	Mouli Subramanian, Ashutosh Dighe, Raj Kabade
Sound & Lights	Parag Banerjee, Sujit Naik
Make-up	Priya Ramaswamy, Gitanjali Ghosh
Set Design	Joseph Novak, Veera Srivastave, Vyjayanthi Prasad, Priya Ramaswamy
Publicity	Geetanjali Tandon, Pallavi Garg

CAST
Leela Benare		Preethi Sundaresan
Sukhatme		Arun Lokanathan
Mr. Kashikar		Naga Chandrasekharan
Mrs. Kashikar		Pallavi Garg
Ponkshe		Sunil Murthy
Balue Rokde		Vinodh Poyyapakkam
Samant		Sachin Datar
Mrs. Karnik		Aarti Kumar